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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Liberty Media Corp Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Liberty Media Corp Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Feb 26, 2026
Feb 26, 2026 49 turns
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FY2025 Q4
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Liberty Media delivered strong 2025 results, with F1 revenue up 14% to $3.9 billion and Adjusted OIBDA up 20% to $946 million, while MotoGP revenue grew 14% to $573 million and Adjusted OIBDA rose 15% to $201 million on a pro-forma basis. The company completed the Liberty Live split-off and finalized the Concorde Agreement covering F1 through 2030, positioning both motorsport properties for continued growth.

Capital structure and leverage 37 MotoGP acquisition integration and long-term upside 34 New Concorde Agreement and 2026 F1 season 24 Sponsorship strategy and brand-building for MotoGP 19 F1 growth momentum and commercial performance 17 MotoGP calendar expansion and global footprint 10

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +72 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We are energized by the strong progress we've built across our businesses and are focused on accelerating our momentum this year.”
  • “F1 once again delivered an exceptional year with the sport firing on all cylinders across growth, engagement and commercial momentum.”
  • “we finalized the new Concorde Agreement to cover the five years from 2026 which provides us with durable financial economics in all F1 constituencies and constituents a stable base to invest in the sport and drive long-term value creation”
  • “It has been an exceptionally productive and successful year for Liberty.”

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Revenue $1.61B +37.9% YoY
Net income $333.00M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • F1 full-year revenue grew 14% to $3.9 billion and Adjusted OIBDA grew 20% to $946 million, driven by growth across all revenue streams
  • F1 fan attendance of 6.75 million was up 4% and live viewership up 21% compared to 2024
  • New multi-year sponsorship with Standard Chartered plus broadcast extensions with ESPN (Latin America) and beIN (Pan Asia)
  • Concorde Agreement finalized covering F1 through 2030, with team payments leverage of 185 bps improvement in 2025 and ~200 bps average annual improvement expected
  • MotoGP fan attendance up 21% to over 3.66 million and cumulative TV viewership up 9%; Australia race moving to Adelaide (city center) and return to Brazil after 20-year hiatus
  • F1 OpCo net leverage declined to 2.8x from 3.3x pro forma at 6/30, and MotoGP net leverage declined to 4.7x from 5.6x at 9/30

Risks & pressure points

  • MotoGP carried $1.2 billion of debt with net leverage of 4.7x at year-end, significantly above F1's 2.8x
  • Liberty Media total principal debt of $5 billion with overall net leverage of 3.6x
  • MotoGP sponsorship scale-up expected to take time; management stated commercialization is a long-term investment and short-term results may not reflect progress
  • Q4 results were impacted by incomparable race count and mix (seven races in Q4 2025 vs. six in Q4 2024)

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“It has been an exceptionally productive and successful year for Liberty. We are energized by the strong progress we've built across our businesses and are focused on accelerating our momentum this year.” Speaker 1, CEO
“Over the past four years, we've seen an average of roughly 200 basis points improvement in leverage each year, and we expect 2026 to be approximately in line with this average. After 2026, for the remainder of the term of the new Concorde Agreement out to 2030, we expect the payout percentage to remain relatively stable.” Speaker 2, Other
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